CPC CODING EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Left ventricle has - Answer-A muscle mass that is greater than any other chamber in
the heart
Oxygenated blood is pumped from the - Answer-Left side of the heart
systematic circulation comes from - Answer-Left ventricle
Left side of heart is responsible for - Answer-pumping blood to the body
3 layers of the heart are - Answer-- Epicardium (outer layer)
- Myocardium ( muscle of heart)
- Endocardium (inner layer)
Myocardial tissue allows - Answer-Electrical impulses to pass
Pericardial sac is a - Answer-Doubled-wall lining that prevents the heart from rubbing
against other organs
RSCA - Answer-right subclavian artery
RCA - Answer-right carotid artery
LCA - Answer-left carotid artery
IMA - Answer-internal mammary artery
LAD - Answer-Left anterior descending artery
PDA - Answer-posterior descending artery
Lymphatic system is compromised of - Answer-Lymph vessels and nodes
lymphatic system collects - Answer-Excess fluid from interstitial spaces and returns it
to the heart
Lymphoid organs house - Answer-phagocytes and lymphocytes (essential to body's
defense system)
Lymphoid organs include - Answer-- spleen
- thymus
- tonsils
,- Peyer's patches of intestine (high levels of white blood cells)
lymphatic capillaries are - Answer-closed at one end
Spleen does what? - Answer-Filters and destroys red blood cells that are no longer
efficient ( blood-forming organ in early life)
Thymus is - Answer-Bi-lobed organ located in upper thorax and extends to lower
neck
Thymus is responsible for - Answer-T lymphocyte maturation
Tonsils are - Answer-partially encapsulated lymphoid tissue in throat
Appendix is a - Answer-Mass of lymphoid tissue attached to the first part of large
intestine (help protect again microorganisms)
Respiratory system includes - Answer-nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea,
bronchi, lungs, and alveoli
3 regions of pharynx are - Answer-- Nasopharynx
- Oropharynx
- Laryngopharynx
Larynx is your - Answer-voice box
Trachea is - Answer-In mediastinal region and splits into two bronchi
The right lung has - Answer-3 lobes
The left lung has - Answer-2 lobes
Bronchioles are - Answer-Smallest branch of the bronchial tree
What is exchanged between alveoli and capillaries? - Answer-Gas is via diffusion
cardiac orifice is - Answer-Opening into the stomach from esophagus
Fundus is - Answer-Rounded upper portion of stomach
Main portion of the stomach is called - Answer-Body
Lower portion of the stomach is - Answer-Pyloric antrum
Pyloruc Sphincter leads to the - Answer-Duodenum
The second one-third of small intestine is the - Answer-Jejunum
The distal one-third is the - Answer-Ileum
,Four portions of the colon are: - Answer-Ascending, transverse, descending, and
sigmoid
Ancillary organs are - Answer-Pancreas, liver, and gallbladder
Pancreas produces - Answer-digestive enzymes that are secreted into intestines
urinary system organs - Answer-kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Urine is formed in the - Answer-kidneys and conveyed through ureters
Meiosis is when - Answer-When egg and speak unite
Gametes are - Answer-Eggs and sperm
external genitalia for males are - Answer-Testes, epididymis, scrotum, and penis
Internal genitalia for males are - Answer-Prostate gland, seminal vesicle, and
Cowper's glandsy
superficial fascia also known as - Answer-Fibrous connective tissue
Hair has two separate structures: - Answer-- papilla (bulb like protection)
- Arrector Pili ( muscles that attach to the outer shealth and causes hair to stand)
Shaft is composed of keratin in three layers: - Answer-medulla, cortex, cuticle
Pigment cells are in what layer of the shaft - Answer-Medulla and cortex
The nail is divided into six specific parts: - Answer-- Germinal matrix ( root)
- sterile matrix (nail bed)
- nail plate
- eponychium (cuticle)
- perionychium
- hyponychium
bone shapes are: - Answer-- Long or tubular - humerus and femur
- Short or Cuboidal - cube shaped found in wrist (carpal) or ankle (tarsal)
- Sesamoid - short bone formed in tendons (patella)
- Flat - skull and ribs
- Irregular - Zygoma and vertebrae
closed fracture (simple) - Answer-break that does not penetrate the skin
compound fracture (open) - Answer-Projects through the skin and increases chances
of infection
Comminuted fracture - Answer-More than 2 separate bone components (segmental)
Transverse fracture - Answer-Breaks the shaft
, Greenstick fracture - Answer-One side of the shaft is broken and the other is bent
( common in children)
Spiral fracture - Answer-Spread along length of bone and produced by twisting
stress
Colles' fracture - Answer-Occurs in wrist (affects distal radius bone)
Compression fracture - Answer-Occurs in vertebrae and subject to extreme stress
Epiphyseal fracture - Answer-Occurs when matrix is calcifying and chondrocytes are
dying; usually seen in children
Cartilage is made of - Answer-chondrocytes, collagen, and glycosylated protein
(proteoglycan joints)
Proteoglycan joints connect - Answer-Two or more skeletal parts
Types of joints - Answer-fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
Axial skeleton includes - Answer-- skull
- hyoid
- ribs
- sternum
- vertebrae
- sacrum
appendicular skeleton includes - Answer-- shoulder girdle
- pelvic girdle
- extremities
Skeletal muscle - Answer-Striated muscle attached to skeleton
Smooth muscle - Answer-Found in walls of hollow organs (except for the heart)
Human body contains 3 types of blood vessels: - Answer-- arteries ( carry
oxygenated blood away from heart)
- veins ( carry deoxygenated blood back to heart)
- Capillaries (tiny vessels facilitate exchange of fluids, oxygen, nutrients, and waste
between tissues/ blood)
External genitalia for females are - Answer--Vulva, labia majora and minora
- clitoris
- introitus (external opening of vagina)
- urinary meatus ( opening of urethra)
- skene's glands
- bartholin's glands
Internal genitalia for females are - Answer-- vagina
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Left ventricle has - Answer-A muscle mass that is greater than any other chamber in
the heart
Oxygenated blood is pumped from the - Answer-Left side of the heart
systematic circulation comes from - Answer-Left ventricle
Left side of heart is responsible for - Answer-pumping blood to the body
3 layers of the heart are - Answer-- Epicardium (outer layer)
- Myocardium ( muscle of heart)
- Endocardium (inner layer)
Myocardial tissue allows - Answer-Electrical impulses to pass
Pericardial sac is a - Answer-Doubled-wall lining that prevents the heart from rubbing
against other organs
RSCA - Answer-right subclavian artery
RCA - Answer-right carotid artery
LCA - Answer-left carotid artery
IMA - Answer-internal mammary artery
LAD - Answer-Left anterior descending artery
PDA - Answer-posterior descending artery
Lymphatic system is compromised of - Answer-Lymph vessels and nodes
lymphatic system collects - Answer-Excess fluid from interstitial spaces and returns it
to the heart
Lymphoid organs house - Answer-phagocytes and lymphocytes (essential to body's
defense system)
Lymphoid organs include - Answer-- spleen
- thymus
- tonsils
,- Peyer's patches of intestine (high levels of white blood cells)
lymphatic capillaries are - Answer-closed at one end
Spleen does what? - Answer-Filters and destroys red blood cells that are no longer
efficient ( blood-forming organ in early life)
Thymus is - Answer-Bi-lobed organ located in upper thorax and extends to lower
neck
Thymus is responsible for - Answer-T lymphocyte maturation
Tonsils are - Answer-partially encapsulated lymphoid tissue in throat
Appendix is a - Answer-Mass of lymphoid tissue attached to the first part of large
intestine (help protect again microorganisms)
Respiratory system includes - Answer-nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea,
bronchi, lungs, and alveoli
3 regions of pharynx are - Answer-- Nasopharynx
- Oropharynx
- Laryngopharynx
Larynx is your - Answer-voice box
Trachea is - Answer-In mediastinal region and splits into two bronchi
The right lung has - Answer-3 lobes
The left lung has - Answer-2 lobes
Bronchioles are - Answer-Smallest branch of the bronchial tree
What is exchanged between alveoli and capillaries? - Answer-Gas is via diffusion
cardiac orifice is - Answer-Opening into the stomach from esophagus
Fundus is - Answer-Rounded upper portion of stomach
Main portion of the stomach is called - Answer-Body
Lower portion of the stomach is - Answer-Pyloric antrum
Pyloruc Sphincter leads to the - Answer-Duodenum
The second one-third of small intestine is the - Answer-Jejunum
The distal one-third is the - Answer-Ileum
,Four portions of the colon are: - Answer-Ascending, transverse, descending, and
sigmoid
Ancillary organs are - Answer-Pancreas, liver, and gallbladder
Pancreas produces - Answer-digestive enzymes that are secreted into intestines
urinary system organs - Answer-kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Urine is formed in the - Answer-kidneys and conveyed through ureters
Meiosis is when - Answer-When egg and speak unite
Gametes are - Answer-Eggs and sperm
external genitalia for males are - Answer-Testes, epididymis, scrotum, and penis
Internal genitalia for males are - Answer-Prostate gland, seminal vesicle, and
Cowper's glandsy
superficial fascia also known as - Answer-Fibrous connective tissue
Hair has two separate structures: - Answer-- papilla (bulb like protection)
- Arrector Pili ( muscles that attach to the outer shealth and causes hair to stand)
Shaft is composed of keratin in three layers: - Answer-medulla, cortex, cuticle
Pigment cells are in what layer of the shaft - Answer-Medulla and cortex
The nail is divided into six specific parts: - Answer-- Germinal matrix ( root)
- sterile matrix (nail bed)
- nail plate
- eponychium (cuticle)
- perionychium
- hyponychium
bone shapes are: - Answer-- Long or tubular - humerus and femur
- Short or Cuboidal - cube shaped found in wrist (carpal) or ankle (tarsal)
- Sesamoid - short bone formed in tendons (patella)
- Flat - skull and ribs
- Irregular - Zygoma and vertebrae
closed fracture (simple) - Answer-break that does not penetrate the skin
compound fracture (open) - Answer-Projects through the skin and increases chances
of infection
Comminuted fracture - Answer-More than 2 separate bone components (segmental)
Transverse fracture - Answer-Breaks the shaft
, Greenstick fracture - Answer-One side of the shaft is broken and the other is bent
( common in children)
Spiral fracture - Answer-Spread along length of bone and produced by twisting
stress
Colles' fracture - Answer-Occurs in wrist (affects distal radius bone)
Compression fracture - Answer-Occurs in vertebrae and subject to extreme stress
Epiphyseal fracture - Answer-Occurs when matrix is calcifying and chondrocytes are
dying; usually seen in children
Cartilage is made of - Answer-chondrocytes, collagen, and glycosylated protein
(proteoglycan joints)
Proteoglycan joints connect - Answer-Two or more skeletal parts
Types of joints - Answer-fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
Axial skeleton includes - Answer-- skull
- hyoid
- ribs
- sternum
- vertebrae
- sacrum
appendicular skeleton includes - Answer-- shoulder girdle
- pelvic girdle
- extremities
Skeletal muscle - Answer-Striated muscle attached to skeleton
Smooth muscle - Answer-Found in walls of hollow organs (except for the heart)
Human body contains 3 types of blood vessels: - Answer-- arteries ( carry
oxygenated blood away from heart)
- veins ( carry deoxygenated blood back to heart)
- Capillaries (tiny vessels facilitate exchange of fluids, oxygen, nutrients, and waste
between tissues/ blood)
External genitalia for females are - Answer--Vulva, labia majora and minora
- clitoris
- introitus (external opening of vagina)
- urinary meatus ( opening of urethra)
- skene's glands
- bartholin's glands
Internal genitalia for females are - Answer-- vagina
